Woman Seated in Her Bath exemplifies Bonnard's work and his approach to art as an everyday experience. The lithograph has features of graphic art, as it resembles the reductionist forms on late 19th century posters. Graphic art is by definition art which can be replicated, reproduced, and incorporated into everyday life. Moreover, the lithograph is quintessentially modern and post-impressionist as well as being one of the main media of the graphic artist.

In Woman Seated at Her Bath, Bonndard also minimizes color. A skin tone permeates the canvas, thereby drawing and keeping the viewer's attention on the woman. The subtle effect of the almost monotone color scheme is to punctuate the painting with its key element and disregard all else. Bonnard depicts the literal and mundane act of a woman taking a bath.

Bonnard blends aspects of abstraction with personality. Woman Seated in Her Bath is an intimate piece and a universal one as well, given the mundane theme of a...

Bonnard's work also signifies two major developments in European art at the end of the 19th century: graphic design and photography. The hasty snapshot feel of pieces like Woman Seated in Her Bath usurp the bourgeoisie notion of fine art by revealing extraordinary beauty in the mundane. It was one of the primary purposes of Les Nabis to make art part of the everyday experience. Graphic art epitomizes the philosophy of Les Nabis: to make encounters with art a regular occurrence. Thesis: As a founding member of Les Nabis and a pioneer of graphic art, Pierre Bonnard captures the essence of a subject via a reduction color, form, and content.
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